Doug Hale wins Olhausen Desert All Around Barbox 8-Ball Event
A field of 47 players were at Metro Sportz Bar in Phoenix on Easter weekend for the 3rd stop on the Olhausen Billiards Desert All Around Tour. While a number of the top players on the Poker Pool Points List were not in attendance because of the holiday, there was no shortage of "break and run" barbox 8-ball at this event. The award for toughest draw in the early rounds had to go to Gus Briseno .
Briseno drew stop 2 winner Doug Hale in the first round and then ran into Justin Whitehead on the one loss side in his next match. It was a very rare "2 and out" result for Briseno. Whitehead's presence on the one loss side was thanks to Pete Gresh Sr. Always a threat on a barbox, Gresh made his way through a very tough draw with wins over Whitehead, Chris Adams and Evan Bishop to remain unbeaten on Saturday. Another player who really opened the eyes of the fans on Saturday was Mesa's Michel Couvrette. Couvrette caught a bye in the first round and then defeated #8 ranked Steve Murray. Couvrette was only getting started though as he then sent #1 ranked Doug Hale to the one loss side with a 7-5 win. This was Hale's first match loss in two straight events.
Couvrette then defeated 8-ball specialist Charles Peten to remain undefeated on Saturday. Twelve players came back on Sunday with Gresh taking on Glenn Bond and Couvrette playing Derek Cumm on the winners side. Couvrette took a narrow win over Cumm while Bond sent Gresh to the one loss side. The match for the hot-seat saw Bond take advantage of multiple table runs to roll to a dominating 7-1 win over Couvrette.
May 16, 2006
Posted By Nancy Lenz
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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